Review: The Tenant by Freida McFadden
Oh noooo, the first Frieda McFadden book I didn't like. I am so sad.
SUMMARY:
Blake Porter is a high level business guy. Marketing? I think it was marketing. We are in Manhattan, because Frieda wrote this. Blake lives with his fiance, Krista, in a brownstone in the Upper East Side. I am pretty sure it is East. The fancy Gossip Girl side.
Life is just the bee's knees for these two. Blake was recently promoted, they are engaged, they are RICH rich.
Uh oh Spaghetti-Os, Blake gets fired.
NYC rent is of the Devil, so after a couple months of job searching, they are in danger of losing the brownstone. Time to find a roommate! Enter Whitney.
MY THOUGHTS:
So the twist was a twist. Did I call it? Yes. Was I sad I was right? No, I love being right. Did it make reading the last 30% of this book way less enjoyable? Absolutely. I know Frieda's whole thing is twists. She is the M. Night Shyamalan of thrillers. But this was more The Beach That Makes You Old than I See Dead People, you know?
Maybe I have just read too many of her books in a row. I just feel like, maybe for the next book, we can have the person who seemed like the villain the whole time actually be the villain, you know?
Why did Blake have to be so unlikeable? By the end I was kinda like, yeah girl get him!!!! Which I don't think was the point.
FINAL OPINION:
This is not, like, a bad book. But please don't let it be the first Frieda McFadden book you read. She has so many other great options. And of course, this hasn't put me off of her. I will be eagerly awaiting anything else she puts out!
Thank you to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for the ARC! All opinions are my own.
SUMMARY:
Blake Porter is a high level business guy. Marketing? I think it was marketing. We are in Manhattan, because Frieda wrote this. Blake lives with his fiance, Krista, in a brownstone in the Upper East Side. I am pretty sure it is East. The fancy Gossip Girl side.
Life is just the bee's knees for these two. Blake was recently promoted, they are engaged, they are RICH rich.
Uh oh Spaghetti-Os, Blake gets fired.
NYC rent is of the Devil, so after a couple months of job searching, they are in danger of losing the brownstone. Time to find a roommate! Enter Whitney.
MY THOUGHTS:
So the twist was a twist. Did I call it? Yes. Was I sad I was right? No, I love being right. Did it make reading the last 30% of this book way less enjoyable? Absolutely. I know Frieda's whole thing is twists. She is the M. Night Shyamalan of thrillers. But this was more The Beach That Makes You Old than I See Dead People, you know?
Maybe I have just read too many of her books in a row. I just feel like, maybe for the next book, we can have the person who seemed like the villain the whole time actually be the villain, you know?
Why did Blake have to be so unlikeable? By the end I was kinda like, yeah girl get him!!!! Which I don't think was the point.
FINAL OPINION:
This is not, like, a bad book. But please don't let it be the first Frieda McFadden book you read. She has so many other great options. And of course, this hasn't put me off of her. I will be eagerly awaiting anything else she puts out!
Thank you to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for the ARC! All opinions are my own.
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